Tourist from Uruguay kidnapped, robbed

Police searching for two suspects

A tourist from Uruguay was kidnapped and robbed outside the Pembroke Lakes… (Pembroke Pines Police,…)

May 25, 2012|By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel

Pembroke Pines Police are searching for two men who kidnapped and robbed a tourist from Uruguay.

It happened around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday as Lennard Mauricio Laprebendere Delgado was leaving the Pembroke Lakes Mall. He was walking along the south side of Macy's when a man approached and ordered the victim into a small two-door black vehicle driven by a second suspect, police said.

They drove the victim to a BP gas station at 10070 Pines Boulevard, in Pembroke Pines, where he was forced to buy beer for the suspects. Then they drove the victim to the 21500 block of Northwest 39th Avenue in Miami Gardens where he was punched in the face and ordered to hand over his money, according to the investigative report.

Delgado gave them about $200 cash. The suspects told him to start walking and not look back as they drove away, the report stated.

The victim was treated for minor injuries. Detectives are circulating surveillance pictures of the suspect who accompanied Delgado into the gas station to buy beer.

Investigators are urging anyone who recognizes him to contact Pembroke Pines Police at 954-431-2200, email to Tips@ppines.com, or call Broward Crimestoppers at 954-493-8477.